Re: ZIP IDE

1997-10-01 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Chad D. Zimmerman wrote: > On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Steve Hsieh wrote: > > > Actually ... it is a scsi... parallel port is a kind of scsi and under > linux is seen as a true scsi device (and is faster than in dos) Are you talking about the same thing as everybody else? (Hint: l

Re: ZIP IDE

1997-10-01 Thread Chad D. Zimmerman
On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Steve Hsieh wrote: Actually ... it is a scsi... parallel port is a kind of scsi and under linux is seen as a true scsi device (and is faster than in dos) Here is how it comes up: scsi0 : PPA driver version 0.26 using 4-bit mode on port 0x378. scsi : 1 host. Vendor: IOMEGA

Re: ZIP IDE

1997-10-01 Thread Steve Hsieh
The zip IDE is not a scsi device; the scsi driver won't work with it. However, I believe there is support for it in the new developmental 2.1.x kernels, something having to do with having full IDE ATAPI support. I don't know what the status of it is though. On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Chad D. Zimmerm

Re: ZIP IDE

1997-09-30 Thread Peter S Galbraith
"Chad D. Zimmerman" wrote: > On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Pierre GAMBAROTTO wrote: > > > > > All is in the subject. How can I use a iomega zip with > > an IDE interface with linux ? > > > > By default the kernel has support precompiled in for zip. As long as it > is connected at turn on, it will be

Re: ZIP IDE

1997-09-30 Thread Chad D. Zimmerman
On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Pierre GAMBAROTTO wrote: > > All is in the subject. How can I use a iomega zip with > an IDE interface with linux ? > By default the kernel has support precompiled in for zip. As long as it is connected at turn on, it will be found as /dev/sda4 (or sba4, i forget which) O